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Former Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar encourage leaders to use the Nunn-Lugar Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 as a model for verifying possible nuclear disarmament if a deal is reached in upcoming US-North Korea talks.

Ernest J. Moniz, the former US secretary of energy, is CEO and co-chair of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. In this op-ed, published in the Boston Globe, he discusses the powerful verification measures within the Iran Deal and the importance of staying in the agreement, particularly as talks with North Korea approach.

Ernest J. Moniz and Sam Nunn call on the United States and the other nuclear weapons states to take immediate action to reduce the risk of a nuclear accident, mistake or miscalculation in Bloomberg View.

NTI Co-Chairmen Sam Nunn and Ernest J. Moniz highlight the importance of congressional engagement in US-Russian relations and called for the creation of a liaison group between the Congress and President Trump.

Former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, an NTI Board member, highlights the importance of the establishment of the IAEA LEU Bank and the need for improving dialogue between the United States and the Russian Federation.

In the lead up to the Munich Security Conference, Des Browne, Wolfgang Ischinger, Igor Ivanov and Sam Nunn write on key steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of confrontation in the Euro-Atlantic region.

Failure by the analytical community to adopt a self-critical perpetual beta approach to their predictions, combined with a predilection to dismiss pronounced Russian or NATO concerns as propaganda or as an extended form of multidimensional warfare without first subjecting them to an empathetic review, are real inhibitors to establishing an effective interpretation of events.

President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima comes almost 71 years after the conclusion of a world war that was fought and ended with tremendous sacrifice, huge casualties and immense devastation. Today, global nuclear arsenals are capable of destroying not only cities but also civilization itself.